With Halloween just a few days away, there are hauntingly good treats hiding around every corner.  Here are a few tricks to making sure treats don’t sabotage your healthy eating routine:

1. If you have Halloween candy in your house, be sure to store it out of sight.  Open bowls of candy are often too tempting to resist.

2. Fill your kitchen with healthy snacks like almonds, pumpkin seeds and unsweetened yogurt.  For more ideas, click here to visit the Perricone MD recipes website.

3. Curb your sweet tooth the smart way.  Pair a protein like almonds with a ‘smart sweet’ like apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon or a piece of dark chocolate.  Your blood sugar won’t be sent skyrocketing amd you’ll get a healthy dose of antioxidants.

4. Be strategic in how you arrange your food in the refrigerator.  Place healthy options like yogurt, fruit and vegetables  front and center, and store those brownies you made for the office Halloween party on lower shelves in the back to limit temptation.

What do you do to avoid Halloween candy temptation?